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Spy agency sees ransomware attacks soaring

Aggressive hacking expected to increase

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 6, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters — Global ransomware attacks increased by 151 per cent in the first half of 2021 compared with 2020 and hackers are set to become increasingly aggressive, Canada’s signals intelligence agency said on Monday. The Communications Security Establishment (CSE), citing attacks on North American health facilities and a U.S. pipeline, said the scale […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Tips for farming in winter weather

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association December 6, 2021

Winter in Canada comes with all sorts of challenges — freezing temperatures, blizzards, poor visibility, ice-covered equipment and the threat of temperature-related injuries like frostbite. However, farm work does not take a break because of cold weather. A healthy human body temperature is 37 C. A change of body temperature exceeding 1 C can be […] Read more

Prince Rupert Grain Terminal. (Rupertport.com)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

CN rerouting trains, aims to re-open line to Vancouver on weekend

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 2, 2021

Reuters — Canadian National Railway (CN) said Wednesday it was aiming to reopen its track in the crucial Kamloops-to-Vancouver corridor in flood-hit British Columbia this weekend. The Pacific province, trying to rebuild after devastating floods in November, received more rain over the weekend and this week. CN operates one of the two critical rail lines […] Read more

A restoration company vehicle sits in a flooded field at Abbotsford, B.C. on Nov. 30, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

General, Reuters, Weather

British Columbia braces for more heavy rain

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 1, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters — British Columbia is facing more heavy rains as the province tries to recover from massive floods and mudslides, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth told reporters on Tuesday. Farnworth said crews were working to shore up dikes and dams, adding some roads would be closed protectively. Flooding over Nov. 14-16 in Canada’s […] Read more

Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Nov. 24, 2021. Cooler-than-neutral sea surface temperatures at the equator are known to set up a La Nina event. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

General, Weather

Prairie winter weather a sign of La Nina repeat

Full effects won't be seen for a while yet

By GFM Network News December 1, 2021

MarketsFarm — December marks the start of what meteorologists call “meteorological winter” — and this winter, the Pacific Ocean phenomenon known as La Nina may be rearing its head once again. La Nina (Spanish for “little girl”) is a climate pattern detected over the Pacific every few years where cooler water pools at the equator […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is shown maps by Abbottsford, B.C. Mayor Henry Braun during a visit to the city on Nov. 26, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

General, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

B.C. extends fuel restrictions following flooding

Agricultural and farm-use vehicles exempted as 'essential'

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 30, 2021

Reuters — Government officials in British Columbia on Monday extended restrictions on the use of fuel by residents, saying it was needed for emergency vehicles as the region recovers from devastating floods. The order, first issued on Nov. 19, limits vehicles deemed “non-essential” by the government to 30 litres of gasoline or diesel fuel per […] Read more

General, Reuters

Canada shuts to seven African countries’ travelers

Latest COVID-19 variant spurs decision

By GFM Network News November 27, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is closing its borders to foreign travelers who have recently been to seven southern African nations to help stop the spread of a newly identified variant of COVID-19, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told reporters Friday. The European Union, the United States and Britain are among those tightening border controls as […] Read more

File photo of a dairy operation in B.C.’s Fraser Valley. (Modfos/iStock/Getty Images)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Weather

Some B.C. milk runs resume as roads reopen

Sumas Prairie remains under boil water advisory

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 24, 2021

Milk pickups are resuming for some southern British Columbia dairy farmers, days after flooding and landslides caused by a days-long rainstorm cut off vehicle traffic through the region. In the wake of the Nov. 14-16 storm, with trucks unable to reach farms, the B.C. Milk Marketing Board on Nov. 16 asked that affected dairy farmers […] Read more

Crops, Weather

CP to reopen rail corridor to Vancouver Tuesday

B.C. storm led to damage in 30 separate spots, railway says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 23, 2021

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) plans to have its rainstorm-battered mainline between Kamloops and Vancouver reopened to grain and other traffic around midday Tuesday. The company said Monday that out of 30 storm-damaged spots across its Thompson and Cascade subdivisions in southern British Columbia, 20 had seen “significant loss of infrastructure” in need of repair. CP […] Read more

Parts of the Trans Canada Highway at Abbotsford, B.C. remain submerged in flood waters on Nov. 19, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

General, Machinery, Weather

Repair work on B.C. rail lines expected for days yet

CP expects to resume service 'mid-week;' some highways open only for essential travel

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 20, 2021

Canada’s big two railways expect repair work to continue into at least next week before service can resume through storm-battered areas of British Columbia to export terminals at Vancouver. Both railways, along with several major B.C. highways, have been shut this week due to damage from flooding and landslides spurred by a major multi-day storm […] Read more

JBS turns Q2 profit despite challenging operating environment

Brief La Niña expected in fall 2025 before more stable pattern returns says U.S. forecaster

Deere’s quarterly profit falls as U.S. tariffs bite farm equipment margins

GFM Network News